Mitering and cutting machine



July 3, 192a. 1,675,563

J. KLOHE MITERING AND CUTTING ucunlz Filed Jan. 17, 1924 2 sneetmeet 1 INVENTOR Joseph Klohe BY gsfma W ATTORNEY July 3,1923. 1,675,563

J. KLOHE MITERING AND cu'r'rmc cams Fil ed Jan. 1'7. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Joseph K1 0?: e.

JAM a ATTORNEY Patented July 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH xnonn, on NEW roux, N. Y.

MITERING AND comma MACHINE.

Application filed Ianuary 17,19 24. Serial No. 686,234.,

My invention relates to improvements in mitering, cutting and shaving tools, and more particularly has reference to a device of the character described adapted for use in a printing shop for mitering, cutting or shaving slugs and the like, and is in the nature of an improvement upon mypending patent application Serial No. 537 ,127.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective, parts being broken away, a suitable form of tool efnbodying an application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view substantially at right angles to Fig. 1.

3 indicates the the standard thereof.

base of the device, and 1 5 indicates the table supported by the bracket 6 projecting from the standard 1, and 7 indicates a slideway within which the plunger 8 may be vertically reciprocated; 9 indicates a handle piv otally mounted at 10 and having a slot 11 through which the pin 12 projects fromthe plunger 8 so that by raising and lowering the handle 9 the plunger is also raised and lowered in the guides 7. This plunger is provided with a V-shaped cutter or knife 13 shown to better advantage in Fig. 2, and also a flat form of knife 14 adapted for shaving the ends of a slug such as 15, the V-shaped cutter 13 being adapted to miter the end of such a slug. For this purpose a suitable guide such as 16 is pivotally mounted as indicated at 17 upon the table 5 and is pro vided at the outer end with a suitable screw such as 18 adapted to project through the curved slot 19 and provided with a wingnut such as 20, so as to facilitate adjusting and securing the guide 16 at various angles with reference to the V-cutter 13.

21 indicates a suitable form of adjustable stop adapted to slide longitudinally upon the guide 16 and along the table 5 andmay be provided with several notches such as 22 so that several slugs such as 15 may be placed parallel thereagainst and cut simultaneously, each wing being provided with the same miter and being of the same length.

lVhen the end of a slug is to be squared or shaved as by the cutter 1 1 the same is of course placed upon the table 5 and may if desired be held against the slidable member 21. y

In addition to the plunger 8 pivoted to the handle or bar 9, a link 23 may also be pivoted thereto as indicated at 2 1, and another link 25 may be pivoted at 26 to the frame 4 as shown, said last mentioned link being pivotally connected to the linker bar 25 as indicated at 26, a suitable knife blade 27 beinw secured upon the inside as shown.

28 indicates another guide or table which maybe provided with" a protractor or scale 29 and a sliding member such as 30, said sliding member being adapted to engage the rack 31 and having a forward portion 32 adapted to projected by a micrometer screw such 33. This facilitates measurin very accurately a slug or the like placed upon the table 28 parallel with the protractor 29, so that the length of the same can be accurately gaged for cutting by the knife blade 2:? first by shifting the stop 30 to the approxnnated position and thereafter by turning the micrometer screw 33 for projecting the slugvery accurately to the exact position. 3 1 indicates a pivoted standard with a bracket 35 for supporting a separate extension of the scale or table 29, the same being indicated by the reference character 36 for supporting extra long slugs or the like, and when not in use the same can be swung leftwardly as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1, thus keeping the same out of the way when not in use.

From the foregoing it will be readily observed that the single lever or handle 9 provides for three independent cutting operations. 37 indicates a V-shaped brass stop secured to the plunger and against which a slug may be projected when held parallel with the guide 16 and the V-shaped knife 13 projecting 37 when rought down upon the slug bevels slightly forwardly of the stop.

or miters the end thereof at such angle as may be determined by swinging theguide 16 upon the pin 17 When the guide 16 is su stantially parallel with the side of table 5 and a slug is held against the right side of the same with the end against the slide block 22, the blade 14 in descending shaves or straight-cuts the end thereof. The stop 38 is also carried by the plunger 8. WVhen cut upon the table 29 the slug is preferably laid flat and the rack 31 slightly projects at the back as shown to serve also as a guide for true cutting, thus it will be seen that the machine can be used with eopual facility for the several forms of cuts w rich may be desired.

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a tool of the class described, a horizontal Work table, means for gauging work thereon, and a pivot knife adjacent the end thereof, and in combination therewith another table parallel with said first mentioned table, and a cutter slidable adjacent the end thereof, said knife and cutter being pivotally connected.

2. In a tool of the class described, a horizontal work table, means for gauging Work thereon, and a pivot knife adjacent the end thereof, and in combination therewith another table parallel but not in the same plane with said first mentioned table, a cutter slidable adjacent the end thereof, said knife and a cutter being slidable adjacent the end thereof, said knife and cutter being pivotally connected, and means for keeping said knife and cutter normally elevated.

3. In a hand operated machine of the class described, a pivoted handle, a pivotally L mounted knife adapted to be operated thereby, a link pivotally connecting said handle and said knife, and means for guiding material beneath said knife, said guiding means having a section upon a vertical axis movable in and out of operative position.

4. In a machine of the class described, a pivoted handle, a pivotally mounted knife adapted to be operated thereby, a link pivotally connectin said handle and said knife, and means for operating a second cutter simultaneously therewith.

5. In a machine of the class described, a pivoted handle, a pivotally mounted knife adapted to be operated thereby, a link pivotally connecting said handle and said knife, and means for operating a second cutter simultaneously therewith, both of said cutters being pivotally connected.

6. In a machine of the class described, a pivoted handle, a pivotally mounted knife adapted to be operated thereby, a link pivotally connecting said handle and said knife, and means for normally raising said knife, and in combination therewith a slidable knife of difi'erent form said handle.

7. In a machine of the class described, a pivoted handle, a pivotally mounted knife adapted to be operated thereby, a link pivotally connecting said handle and said knife, and means for normally raising said knife, and in combination therewith a slidable knife of different form operatively connected to said handle, and separate work tables each adapted to support Work fed to each of said knives.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix. my

signature.

JOSEPH KLOHE.

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